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UNITED1 STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GERTRUDE M. GRANT, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

DRESS-SHIELD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 712,188, dated ctober28,1902.

Application filed May 5, 1902. Serial No. 105,990. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GERTRUDE M. GRANT, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented a certain new and useful Improvement in Dress-Shields, of whichthe following is a specification.

My invention relates to dress-shields having arm and body flaps andprovided with attaching-pins. Y y

The objects of my invention are to permit the attaching-pins to beconcealed and confined between the flaps and in alternation" therewith,if so desired, to 'be all or in part brought outside the shield inaccordance with requirements or desire; to provide flexible connectionsbetween the pins andshield and to adapt such connections to form hinge-straps practically capable Vof universal swing or movement, wherebysuch hinge-straps can'be brought into any desired angles with referenceto convenience and conditions; .to permit the convenient employment ofsafety-pins and to permit such pins to be easily manipulated for thepurpose for which they are intended; to adapt the hinge-straps toconform to the situation; to permit the pins to swing independently ofthe dress-shield, as by universal joints, and at the same time attachthem to the shield by flexible swinging connections adapted to yield inall directions,rand to provide a simple and efficient constructionforming as a whole an improved article of manufacture.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side View of thedress-shield with the pins and flexible hinge-straps shown in dottedlines. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the shield with one of the iiapspartially turned back. Fig. 3 is a detail, being an enlarged section online 3 3 in Fig. l. Fig. 4 is a detail, being an enlarged section online 4 4in Fig. 1.

The dress-shield comprises a pair of flaps AandB, of flexible material,united along the curved fold-line C in any known or suitable way. Theflaps are termed body and arm flaps, respectively. The dress-shield thusconstructed is provided with a plurality of pins D, constructed afterthe manner of ordinary safety-pins and attached to the dressshield byshort flexible hinge-straps E, adapted to be bent in any desireddirection and so connected with the safety-pins that the latter can beswung and deflected independently of the strap-hinges. The strap-hingesare also adapted to have sufcient torsional yield to permit the pins tobe turned about axes coincident with their length, and by reason ofthese iiexible connections between the shield and safety-pins the latterare practically capable of universal movement independent of the shield.These fiexible strap-hinges are attached to the margin of thedress-shield and are of a length to permit them to lie or fold inbetween the two iiaps A and B, as in dotted lines, Fig. l, and in fulland dotted lines, Fig. 2. By this arrangement the pins can be readilyattached to the garment or article of wear at points which will properlyanchor the dressshield and at the same time maintain the pins betweenthe iiaps, so as to protect them from moisture and rust. If desired,however, one or more of these flexible hinge-straps can be unfolded orswung so as to project out from the dress-shield. Two of these flexiblehingestraps are attached to the dress-shield respectively atoppositeends of the curved fold-line, and to the middle portion of thefree edge of one or both flaps like iiexible hinge-straps can besecured.

As a simple, economical, and preferred construction each flexiblehinge-strap of desired width or diameter is bent to form a loop,whichpasses through an eye d at one end of one of the pins D, the terminalportions of the strap thus forming a iexible loop being secured to thedress-shield by a staple F. With such arrangement the pins can be swungin any desired direction independent of the iiexible loops, and theloops may be twisted and also swung in different directions. By thusconnecting the pins with the shield by joints and swinging connectionsthe user can readily and without annoyance attach the pins to thegarment or article of'wearat'any proper and desired points for suitablyanchoring the shield, and when thus attached the` flexible hinge-strapsor loops and the pins on the free ends thereof will conform to thesituation without discomfort to the wearer.

What I claim as my invention is l. As an article ot' manufacture, adressshield comprising the body and arm flaps IOO united along thecurved fold-line, and short, exible hinge-straps having free outer endsprovided with safety-pins D, and having their inner ends secured to theshield adjacent to the ends of the fold-line, and to the middle portionof the free edge of one or both iiaps, the exible hinge-straps beingarranged to fold in between the iiaps so as to permit the pins whenattached to the garment to lie with in the shield, and in alternationtherewith to unfold or swing outwardly so as to project out from theshield, and the pins being conneeted with the flexible hinge-straps toswing independently thereof as by universal joints.

2. As an article of manufacture, a dressshield comprisingr the body andarm flaps united along the curved fold-line and loops of GERTRUDE M.GRANT.

Witnesses:

CHARLES G. PAGE, OTILLIE C. FREIBERG.

